Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus Applauds Governor Brown’s Decision to Grant 36 Pardons and 31 Commutations Calls for Passage of AB 2845 to Build on Legacy Sacramento, CA – Today, Governor Jerry Brown granted pardons to 36 individuals, a number of whom currently face the threat of deportation as a result of their state […]

Contact: Christina So, christinaso@advancingjustice-alc.org, 415-848-7728 Major victory for CA as judge throws out Trump admin’s suit against SB 54 (“Sanctuary” law), AB 103, and one section of AB 450 SAN FRANCISCO – This afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge John Mendez, a George W. Bush appointee, issued a new ruling which deals yet another significant defeat […]

Contact: Christina So, christinaso@advancingjustice-alc.org, 415-848-7728 Former Workers Announce Resolution of Legal Claims Against La Taqueria San Francisco, CA – Former workers at La Taqueria, the famous, award-winning restaurant in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District, announced the final conclusion of legal claims that have led to payment of approximately $600,000 in overtime, sick […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 29, 2018 CONTACT Dawn Le, 202-549-6798, dawn@generate.org New #ValueOurFamilies Coalition Unites to Defend Family Immigration and Protect Family Unity Group Expands to Fend Off Against Trump’s Agenda, Would Slash Legal Immigration by 50% and Block Millions of Families from Reuniting As June wraps up and Immigrant Heritage Month comes […]

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns Supreme Court Decision on Muslim Ban Washington, D.C. – Today the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Trump Administration’s third iteration of the Muslim Ban in a 5-4 decision. Rather than reinforcing the notion that America welcomes people regardless of where they are born, what they look like, […]

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Calls Out Similarities of Border Crisis to Japanese American Incarceration SAN FRANCISCO – In another dehumanizing and disturbing move from the Trump Administration, officials have been touring an Arkansas site near a former Japanese American incarceration camp as a potential facility to incarcerate some of the more than 2,300 children […]